You use the MEMBER statement to identify members of partitioned data sets or PDSEs that you want printed or punched. All RECORD statements that follow a MEMBER statement pertain to the member indicated in that MEMBER statement only. When RECORD and MEMBER statements are used, at least one MEMBER statement must precede the first RECORD statement. If no RECORD statement is used, the member is processed according to the default format.

If no MEMBER statement appears, and a partitioned data set or PDSE is being processed, all members of the data set are printed or punched. Any number of MEMBER statements can be included in a job step.

If a MEMBER statement is present in the input stream, MAXNAME must be specified in a PRINT or PUNCH statement.

The syntax of the MEMBER statement is: